Al-Qaeda Suspect Arrested in Deadly Marrakesh Bombing
The deadly blomb blast In Marrakesh killed 16 people, many of them foreigners (AFP/File, Abdelhak Senna) Moroccan Response to Bombing Shows Deep Commitment to Human Rights Protection WASHINGTON , May 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The lead suspect arrested by Morocco in its ongoing investigation of the deadly April 28 terrorist bombing in Marrakesh has been linked to al-Qaeda, according to a report by Morocco's Interior Ministry . The terrorist bombing at Cafe Argana in Marrakesh's central square killed 17 people —most of them Europeans—and injured 20. World leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have condemned the bombing. Morocco has won praise for its thoroughness and restraint in investigating the bombing. Three Moroccan suspects were arrested in Safi, 220 miles south of Casablanca . The lead suspect, who was "linked to Al-Qaeda," had "made two expl...